This screenplay follows a tall, lumbering man named Marc Tellsein who is seen walking slowly through a barren forest carrying a shovel. He emerges on a stony beach where he methodically digs a shallow grave and buries a young body under the pebbles. He places a large hammer in the exposed hand of the corpse, suggesting this is part of a ritual. The opening establishes shots of the isolated environment and tracks Marc as he walks with purpose while carrying out his grim task on the desolate shore.

1. Silent Scream
By
Joe Howard & Alice May
an original screenplay
Fine Arts Hampstead

2. DISTRIBUTOR IDENT
vertigo
PRODUCTION COMPANY IDENT
chrome motion pictures
BLACK SCREEN
EXT. FOREST. DAY
An empty woodland, barren apart from discarded cans and
packaging. Clearly somewhere young peopel hang out.
A crow can be heard in the background the ocean.
A dark figure appears holding a shovel. he is dressed in
heavy lumber jacket, wearing wellingtons. His pace is slow
and deliberate as he wanders through the scrubby woodland.
The denuded trees hover above
A crow croaks
(ESTABLISHING SHOTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF WHICH THE FILM IS
SET, FOLLOWED BY TRACKING SHOTS OF MARC TELSSEIN A TALL
LUMBERJACK WITH RAGGED AND DIRTY CLOTHES CARRYING A SHOVEL
WHILST WALKING.)
EXT. BEACH. DAY
The ’man’ appears on the shore through the woodland. It is a
stony harsh environment. The ocean pulses its waves acroos
the pebbles.
The mans feet crunch across the beach. His pace is still
exactly the same. The sound of the shovel tingles as it
touches the hard stone.
The feet stop, the shovel is dug into the stones.
A hand poking through the pebbles can be seen. It is a young
hand.
More pebbles are shoveled over the body.
The ’man’ picks up a large hammer that lies near the body.
He carefully places it in the exposed hand of the dead body.
This is a ritual.

3. 2.
(Tracking shot of Marc walking out of the forest and onto a
big empty beach. Shots of the sea and beach to show the
change of location.cuts to a young character being buried
under the rocks from the beach by Marc Tellsein.)